{"id":554393,"date":"2026-01-23T01:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554393\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:11:24","slug":"sixers-injury-news-final-paul-george-joel-embiid-status-vs-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554393\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers injury news: Final Paul George, Joel Embiid status vs. Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia 76ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> are getting set to take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Rockets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Rockets<\/a> on Thursday night in an effort to bounce back from Tuesday&#8217;s loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phoenix Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phoenix Suns<\/a> and get back in the win column. The Sixers are currently 1-3 on their 6-game homestand and will look to pick up a much-needed win against a tough Rockets team.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the injuries, Joel Embiid will play in this one. He was listed as probable due to right ankle injury management, and the big fella missed Tuesday&#8217;s loss to the Suns due to it being on the second night of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Paul George will make his return to the lineup in this one after missing the last two games due to a left knee issue. Coach Nick Nurse said there isn&#8217;t much wrong with George, but there was just some knee soreness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t call it a setback, but just a little bit of knee soreness, I think, is what it was,&#8221; Nurse explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers and the Rockets will tip off at 7 p.m. EST from the Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/sixerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/sixers\/2026\/01\/22\/sixers-injury-news-final-paul-george-joel-embiid-status-vs-rockets\/88308423007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sixers injury news: Final Paul George, Joel Embiid status vs. Rockets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sixers injury news: Final Paul George, Joel Embiid status vs. Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The Philadelphia 76ers are getting set to take on the Houston Rockets on Thursday night in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,194,936,6462,20729,6,526,678,207,3817,472,1263,971],"class_list":["post-554393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-houston-rockets","tag-joel-embiid","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-knee-soreness","tag-nba","tag-paul-george","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-vj-edgecombe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115941755001108746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}